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employee is capable of returning to work in a restricted duty position, the employee will be offered a restricted duty position. If the employee refuses the position, the use of authorized line of duty sick leave would terminate; and the employee would have to use their accumulated sick leave. For the purpose of this paragraph, a sudden and accidental injury shall include such incidents as an automobile accident, assault, gun shot wound and the like. It may not be considered as sudden and accidental if an injury or incapacitation results from lifting, slipping, tripping or falling. 14.03 Any employee who qualifies for benefits under this Section shall be required to pay over to the Employer any amount received from the Bureau of Workers Compensation as supplemental wages. Further, if at any time the Employer determines, on the basis of medical evidence, that employee is permanently disabled and will no longer be able to carry on his duties, then the Employer may terminate payments and insist that employee go on a pension program. 14.04 Any employee who qualifies for the benefits under this Section, shall not have his accumulated sick dine reduced because of a qualified accidental injury which occurred while in the line of duty. 14.05 If an employee is absent on sick leave for more than three (3) consecutive work days, the Employer shall require the employee to present a physician's report attesting to the employee's incapacity and that the employee was under the doctor's care and is able to return to work. The Employer will review the attendance records of employees periodically and at least once in each three (3) month period. If it believes that an employee is developing an attendance problem, it will notify the employee in writing that a physician's report. attesting to the employee's incapacity will be required for absences of three (3) days or less. When an employee's record becomes satisfactory, the requirement for such medical evidence for short term absences will be removed, and the employee will be notified in writing. 14.06 Any abuse of sick leave or the unjustified patterned use of sick leave shall be just and sufficient cause for discipline, including discharge, as may be determined by the Employer, subject to the grievance and arbitration procedure. 14.07 All employees shall receive three (3) eight (8) hour days off, or the employee may elect to receive twenty-four (24) hours pay for each six (6) consecutive months of unused sick leave. Unused sick leave days earned may be carried over to a new year with a maximum accumulation of six (6) days (48 hours). This time cannot be surrendered for cash payment commencing January 1, 2010 tln•ough December 31, 2011. 14.08 Accumulated unused sick leave time may be convened at the time of retirement, disability retirement, or death of an employee. The payment for all those who qualify under this Section shall be based upon the rate of pay of the employee at the time of his retirement, disability retirement or death, and payment shall amount to five-eighths (5/8) of the unused accumulated sick leave time. The maximum amount paid for accumulated unused sick leave time and accrued compensation time ("comp time") shall not exceed one thousand five hundred (1500) hours in total. 10